User:Grassnest

GRASSNEST, an on-line outreach programme of Botanical Information Service (BIS), and the official weblog of the Centre for Grass Systematics and Research founded by MS Kiranraj, PhD, Assistant Professor of Botany, Sree Narayana College Kollam

Kiranraj M. S. (born 1975) is an Indian botanist with a particular interest in Agrostology

He obtained his Ph.D. from the Department of Botany at the University of Calicut in 2009 with a dissertation titled "Taxonomic revision of the subtribe Dimeriinae (Poaceae-Panicoideae-Andropogoneae) in peninsular India". He has held professional positions at Sree Narayana College Cherthala & Kollam, and is also served as the Curtaor, Sree Narayana College Herbarium (SNCH)

He is the author or co-author of the botanical names of some 15 taxa, including ''Nanooravia, Dimeria agasthyamalayana, Dimeria veldkampii, Dimeria raviana, Dimeria hohenackerii var. kodaguensis, Ischaemum fischeri, Chrysopogon purushothamanii, Memecylon sivadasanii''

The standard author abbreviation Kiran Raj is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.